Harlequins

Harlequins

Full name	Harlequin Football Club
Nickname (s)	Quins
Founded	1866
Stadion	The stoop
Places	14,816
president	David Morgan
Trainer	Paul Gustard
Homepage	www.quins.co.uk
league	Aviva Premiership
2018/19	5th place
home Away

The Harlequins (officially Harlequin Football Club ) are a rugby union team that plays in the Aviva Premiership , the top English league. The home games are at the stadium Twickenham Stoop in southwest London district Twickenham discharged. In connection with the main sponsor, the team is also known as the NEC Harlequins .

history

The club was founded in 1866 as Harlequin Rugby Football Club (the first game did not take place until 1867) and was given its current name in 1870. It arose from the division of the Hampstead Football Club ; Wasps FC emerged from the other half . In the first 40 years of their existence, the Harlequins played on no fewer than 15 different courts.

In 1906 the Rugby Football Union invited the Harlequins to use the newly built Twickenham Stadium . At the beginning of the 20th century it was only used two or three times a year for national team games. Soon after, the stadium was not only the seat of the English Association, but also the Harlequins. In 1963 they acquired a 57,000 m² athletics field a few hundred meters from Twickenham Stadium to use it for training. As a result, the new stadium The Stoop was built ; it is named after Adrian Stoop , a Dutch immigrant who played for the England team and was President of the Harlequins for 29 years.

After the introduction of organized league operations in 1987, the Harlequins were represented in the highest league. They won the English Cup twice; in 1988 they beat Bristol Rugby in the final and the Northampton Saints in 1991 . They lost the cup final in 1992, 1993 and 2001. Also in 2001, the Harlequins were the first British team to win the European Challenge Cup (then known as the European Shield); in the final the RC Narbonne was defeated. They repeated this success in 2004 (now under the name Parker Pen Challenge Cup); The final opponent was ASM Clermont Auvergne .

At the end of the 2004/05 season, the Harlequins had to relegate after finishing last in the championship. In July of this year they announced the formation of a partnership with the rugby league club London Broncos. Since then, both teams have shared the name and the stadium; they also wear similar looking jerseys. However, they are still organizationally separate and belong to different owners. In the 2005/06 season, the Harlequins dominated the National Division One almost at will, won 25 of 26 games and rose again to the Premiership.

In the 2011/12 season, the Harlequins won the English championship title for the first time.

successes

• Master Aviva Premiership : 2012
• John Player Cup / Pilkington Cup Winner : 1988, 1991, 2013
• European Challenge Cup winner : 2001, 2004, 2011
• National Division One Champion : 2006
• Pilkington Cup / Powergen Cup finalist: 1992, 1993, 2001

player

Current squad

The squad for the 2019/2020 season:

Front side (forwards) pier  Nick Auterac  Will Collier  Santiago García Botta  Simon Kerrod  Mark Lambert  Joe Marler  Kyle Sinckler  Phil Swainston hooker  Scott Baldwin  Rob Buchanan  Max Crumpton  Elijah Elijah Second row striker  Tevita Cavubati  Toby Freeman  Stephan Lewies  Matt Symons  Glen Young Winger / Number Eight  Renaldo Bothma  James Chisholm  Jack Clifford  Alex Dombrandt  Will Evans  Tom Lawday  Chris Robshaw  Archie White

Back line (backs) Half of the crowd  Danny Care  Martín Landajo  Charlie Mulchrone Connection half  Brett Herron  James Lang  Marcus Smith Inner three quarters  Michele Campagnaro  Gabriel Ibitoye  Paul Lasike  Joe Marchant  Luke Northmore  Francis Saili  Ben Tapuai Outer three-quarters  Nathan Earle  Vereniki Goneva  Travis Ismaeiel  Semi Kunabuli Kunatani  Cadan Murley Goalkeeper  Mike Brown  Ross Chisholm  Aaron Morris

Records

Most games

	Surname	Games
1.	Mike Brown	322
2.	Nick Easter	281
3.	Chris Robshaw	275
4th	Danny Care	262
5.	Ugo Monye	241
6th	Mark Lambert	239
7th	Ceri Jones	231
8th.	Tani Fuga	216
9.	Tom Williams	214
10.	Tom Guest	210

Most attempts

	Surname	tries
1.	Mike Brown	91
2.	Ugo Monye	89
3.	Danny Care	80
4th	Daren O'Leary	68
5.	Tom Williams	62
6th	Nick Easter	53
7th	Simon Keogh	49
8th.	Charlie Walker	43
9.	Will Greenwood	39
10.	Dan Luger	33

Most of the points

	Surname	Points
1.	Nick Evans	2249
2.	Paul Burke	1031
3.	Adrian Jarvis	620
4th	Ben Botica	553
5.	Thierry Lacroix	551
6th	Mike Brown	465
7th	Ugo Monye	445
8th.	Marcus Smith	436
9.	Danny Care	426
10.	John Schuster	397

Web links

• Official website
• Quinssa! (Fan club)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Current players. Harlequins, accessed September 20, 2019 .